June 18, 2010 Call for Papers: 5th Annual Symposium of Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) Civil society orgs in ICANN overwhelmingly approve GNSO charter The Magnificent Seven Reading tea leaves: China statement on Internet policy China: Real-name registration required in online bulletins China's control over Internet map service Search Internet Governance Project Headlines Call for Papers: 5th Annual Symposium of Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking submissions of research about Internet Governance to be presented at the Fifth GigaNet Annual Symposium, on 13 September 2010, held one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Vilnius, Lithuania. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. Interested scholars should submit abstracts of research papers no later than July 15th, 2010. GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas related to the following topics. Civil society orgs in ICANN overwhelmingly approve GNSO charterCivil society organizations within ICANN have been holding a vote on the adoption of a new charter to form the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). Today, it was announced that the charter was successfully ratified. Approval of the charter required that at least 60% of the entire membership of the Noncommercial stakeholders vote in favor of the charter. Of the total 314 votes possible, 225 votes were cast - a very good turnout that constitutes 72% of the total. Of the 225 votes cast, 215 voted in favor of the charter and only 10 votes were cast against it. That means that over 95% of the civil society groups involved in ICANN's GNSO support the proposed charter. ICANN's Board will now have to recognize that it's time to let the NCSG move forward as a community. The Magnificent SevenThey were seven - And they fought like seven hundred!With less than a week to go before the opening of ICANN's DNSSEC root key generation ceremony, there is a roaring debate occurring among the technical community whether or not the list of Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs) should be publicly revealed in advance. The TCRs were selected by ICANN to participate in the generation of the keys that will be used to digitally sign the DNS root zone file keyset, providing a single trust anchor for authenticating a global, secure DNS. Reading tea leaves: China statement on Internet policyThe Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China has issued a statement on "Internet Policy in China." Released Tuesday, the lengthy statement covers a range of topics from promoting internal development and use, to freedom of expression, protecting Internet security, and international cooperation. A quick review reveals two interesting passages relevant to global Internet governance. China: Real-name registration required in online bulletinsLast month, in a speech to China's top legislature, Wang Chen, director of State Council Information Office of China, introduced that "we are also exploring an identity authentication system for users of online bulletin board systems. Identity authentication, or real-name registration in Chinas online environment has been discussed intensively in the past few years, however, Wang Chens speech is regarded as the first official announcement of the government enforcement to disable anonymity in popular news portals and business websites. China's control over Internet map serviceOn May 17, 2010, State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China issued a new standard (in Chinese) regulating Internet Map services. The updated standard aims to reduce incorrect location information and prevent leaking sensitive information involving State secrets on maps. |
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